Shortlist flights and stage the booking for review

Find me flights for [route and dates], optimizing for [priorities, e.g. nonstop, arrive before 6pm, under a set budget, preferred alliance]. Search Google Flights and check the airlines' own sites for the strongest candidates, since prices and seat availability sometimes differ. Build a shortlist of three to five options in a table: airline, flight numbers, times, duration, stops, fare class and what it includes — bags, seat selection, changes — and the total price on the airline's own site. Note tradeoffs honestly; a cheaper fare with brutal layovers isn't a deal. Then take the best option and stage the booking on the airline's site: flights selected, passenger detail fields identified, total confirmed — stopping completely before payment or anything that holds the fare with an obligation. Tell me exactly what's staged, what final price you saw and when, and what I need to do to finish. Prices move, so timestamp what you saw.